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ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIA
The area of Atascadero was once occupied by great
herds of deer, antelope, and wild horses. However, by
1890 the plain and hills had become private property
with many prosperous ranchers. Ata scad ero (Sp.,
bog) is rimmed by wooded hills, was conceived in
1913 as a model community, designed on paper to
conform to uniform arch itect ual standards and laid
out on a scale large enough to accommodate a
metropolis. The lots were large so that residences
were never close together. When the enterprise failed
its great civic center became a school later to become
a civic center again..M .P.
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POST CARD
Address
C-356
Photo-color by Merle Porter
S102142
& Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
